Asymptomatic swallowing disorders may be present in individuals with laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer treated with chemo-radiotherapy.

César Álvarez-MarcosAndrea Vicente BenitoAgueda Gayol FernándezDaniel Pedregal-MalloPaloma Sirgo RodríguezLiliana Santamarina RabanalJosé Luis Llorente Fernando López Juan Pablo Rodrigo

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)

Swallowing disorders are common after chemo-radiotherapy, even in patients who do not clinically manifest these disorders, contributing to a decrease in patients' quality of life. FEES and V-VST are useful procedures to detect asymptomatic swallowing disorders.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
early stage
newly diagnosed
photodynamic therapy
end stage renal disease
radiation therapy
ejection fraction
cancer therapy
prognostic factors
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation induced
rectal cancer
papillary thyroid
patient reported outcomes
childhood cancer